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HarperCollins Publishers Inc As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
We should aspire to Colapintos stellar journalist example: listening carefully to the circumstances of those who are different rather than demanding that they conform to our own. Washington Post
The true story about the twins case and a riveting exploration of medical arrogance misguided science societal confusion gender differences and one mans ultimate triumph
In 1967 after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicineand a total failure. The boys uninjured brother raised as a boy provided to the experiment the perfect matched control. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer who when finally informed of his medical history made the decision to live as a male.
Writing with uncommon intelligence insight and compassion John Colapinto sets the historical and medical context for the case exposing the thirtyyearlong scientific feud between Dr. John Money and his fellow sex researcher Dr. Milton Diamonda rivalry over the nature/nurture debate whose very bitterness finally brought the truth to light.
A macabre tale of medical arrogance it is first and foremost a human drama of one mansand one familysamazing survival in the face of terrible odds.